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HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 28

The effects of social media and technology

Muhammed İsmail Hiçyılmaz25/12/201724/05/2018

No service! One day I was walking to the metro station after my class at the faculty. I intended to read the book I had read that morning while coming...

FAMILY Issue 28

Consumption frenzy and the child

The Pen25/12/201719/11/2018

Greed has never revealed itself before as severe a passion as today. Since the human being came into existence, the passion for possessing has not decreased; on the contrary it...

HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 28

Father and son

M. Şevki Yeşilot25/12/201725/12/2017

It was long time ago. We gathered with friends at a blessed night in the neighbourhood. (It could be the night of Qadr or Miraj). After some chat and friendly...

HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 28

Be patient with each other and stay strong

The Pen25/12/201719/11/2018

Once upon a time one of the students who served in a dervish lodge told his master, Imam Feriduddin Attar: “Sir, I endeavour to serve your highness as much as...

Health&Halal Issue 26

Edirne historical hospital: Dar al Shifa

Mustafa Yılmaz19/11/201622/03/2017

Dar al Shifa , as it is used in the Ottoman, can be described in the simplest term as the place that offers health service to public. “Darussifa” is also...

Health&Halal Issue 26

Exploring halal opportunities in a growing market

M.Ehsan Sairally19/11/201622/03/2017

The scope and sphere of the food manufacturing/processing sector continues to adjust to dynamic changes in the marketplace. Various issues are coming together to shape food buying habits i.e. demography,...

FAMILY Issue 26

What are parents? And what are they not?

The Pen19/11/201622/03/2017

Pedagogy Association, Istanbul Our “values” and “identities” are mixed up like many other things in today’s world. And when the daily rush of life is added to this mix-up, our...

Issue 25 SOCIETY

Meaning of the life and how it gains value

Muhammed Yumurtacı04/08/201624/05/2018

Today, we will read a part [from Risale-i Nur] addressing the heart, rather than the mind. From “ayat al hasbiyya” –that is, the verse of hasbunallah wa ni’mal wakiil- It...

FAMILY Issue 25

Principles of raising children

The Pen04/08/201608/11/2016

From Majmu'a Rasail Imam Ghazali According to Imam Ghazali (ra), child education starts with birth; because personalities of parents have influence on their child’s future personality. He put special emphasis...

Health&Halal Issue 25

Global Halal movements and market opportunities

M.Ehsan Sairally22/04/201601/09/2016

The expanding Halal food market represents a significant opportunity for food and beverage, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical companies with a growing Muslim population of about 1.7 billion worldwide. By 2025, the...

THE PEN MAGAZINE

Published since 2007 The Pen is an educational and cultural periodical covering the Islamic faith, worship, the issues of the Islamic world, and the struggle towards the unity of Muslims.

As of 2014 it started to be published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen has covered and shed light into the topics which are of great importance for the believers such as the existence and oneness of Allah (swt), the proofs of the existence of Hereafter, the mission of prophethood, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his way of life (Sunnah), and the reasons behind the creation of man and the test of life.

As of 2022 The Pen started to publish online-only contents.

The Pen Magazine is inspired by the Risale-i Nur Corpus written by Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi who is one of the most effective scholars of the modern age, and who addresses the minds, the hearts, and the souls of people in a convincing manner in his books.